“ You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who love you. Charles Portis
“ Corrigan crept up to the bar, cautiously moving around it. It looked like he was copying all the moves he’d seen in old cop movies and westerns, and doing it rather badly. He lowered the pistol. There… Christina Engela
“ Sunset encroached upon daylight like a powder burst from the mouth of a crimson cannon—orange and gold ribbons shot forth to wage a battle against the clouds. The western horizon was obscured by a glo… Marsha Ward
“ Riding a bull must be a bit like flying an ultralight. You get up there and have an exhilarating ride, but then you still have to get down. Susan Spence
“ It came to him that he had turned away from the buffalo not because of a womanish nausea at blood and stench and spilling gut; it came to him that he had sickened and turned away because of his shock… John Williams
